Monday, 22 February 2010 14:17 Last Updated on Monday, 01 March 2010 15:02 Written by Michael Ballard

There has been a lot of technology advancements in LTE/4G wireless as of late.  And leading that front is NEC.  They can add another innovation feather to their cap.

On the heels of announcing the world’s smallest LTE transmitter, NEC can now look at LTE transmission patterns in 3D.  If you want to see the wave patterns of radio devices (like cell towers, WiFi access points, etc) you would usually have a tool that showed you the top-down (2D) layout.  However, if you are trying to fine tune for better reception to the top of a high-rise building, 2D just isn’t going to cut it.  NEC’s software gives the user both the horizontal and vertical patterns.  And no 3D glasses are required J

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Wednesday, 10 February 2010 11:48 Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 February 2010 10:57 Written by Michael Ballard

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Monday, 08 February 2010 19:26 Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 February 2010 11:02 Written by Kris Kozamchak

Only a decade ago, healthcare information technology (HIT) organizations were primarily concerned with solutions that promised improved patient safety, workflow and financial optimization. Communications
technology was a second-tier focus. Paper-based charting, which was prevalent then, kept information technology from having an impact on healthcare delivery improvements at the patient-doctor interface.

Times have changed tremendously in just 10 years. Paper-based charting has given way to electronic medical records (EMR), picture archival and communications systems (PACS), radiology information
systems (RIS), billing solutions and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. Traditional telephone voice services have migrated from circuit-based switches to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), which enables more advanced unified communications (UC).

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Wednesday, 27 January 2010 09:42 Last Updated on Friday, 29 January 2010 12:44 Written by Michael Ballard

Last week we installed one of the coolest demos I have had in the EBC since PaPeRo.  It’s a facial recognition software that can detect your age, race and gender.  This demographic information could be used, in a digital signage environment, to present you with targeted advertising based on your demographics. 

 

For the most part the prototype has been pretty accurate.  Every once and a while it thinks I’m the age of my parents (must be the reflection from my bald head).  As long as I don’t start to get an ad that tells me I should take advantage of the new SENIOR DISCOUNTS, I’m OK with it. 

NEC has been a leader in the biometrics space for over 40 years and recently won a content sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security for the greatest accuracy with facial recognition.  Their False Rejection Rate was 2.1% and False Acceptance Rate was .1%.  I’m still deciding if I should be afraid or excited.

 

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